birch

/bษtสƒ/

IPA: /B ER1 CH/

noun
  1. 1

    Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.

  2. 2

    A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.

  3. 3

    A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.

  4. 4

    A birch-bark canoe.

verb
  1. 1

    To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

  2. 2

    To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

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